concerning the "ac adapter" i guess i could've been morespecific.out of all my vb units with official nintendoac adapters (not the taps) that say made in japan,this onecame with a official nintendo ac adapter that says made inchina that has a different texture of plastic than the onesmade in japan.pluss the part that plugs into the tap is adarker grey than the ones made in japan . both different adapters mention snes and virtual boy on the plastic.i also forgot to mention that the sticker on that unit isalot shinier than the rest.WOW check out the post before this one.its another vn9 unit

johnme wrote:My SN# is VN900006102 purchased at a New Orleans area Sears in early 1997.

This just confuses me even more lol. So we know they cant be the first off the production line as they purchased it in 1997. I feel confident in this because the earliest units were for Nintendo employees as both of mine were Nintendo sales peoples systems that were used to demo to retail owners. More over, it would be hard even for the Virtual Boy to have its initial production systems to sit on the shelves for 2 years. This shoots down the idea that they were refurbished systems which after looking into it made a lot of sense because they do indeed do this. These systems really are a curiosity.

vuefinder83 wrote:concerning the "ac adapter" i guess i could've been morespecific.out of all my vb units with official nintendoac adapters (not the taps) that say made in japan,this onecame with a official nintendo ac adapter that says made inchina that has a different texture of plastic than the onesmade in japan.pluss the part that plugs into the tap is adarker grey than the ones made in japan . both different adapters mention snes and virtual boy on the plastic.i also forgot to mention that the sticker on that unit isalot shinier than the rest.WOW check out the post before this one.its another vn9 unit

Here is a picture of my Serial number, hopefully this will help solve the mystery. Sears during most of the 1990's had moved the video games to the children's section of the store away from the electronics. They were probably sitting on the systems for a while. I purchased this one and another for a friend for the clearance price of $20 each. They had at least 25 units stacked up on a floor display unit. I remember that I wanted one of the systems for several months, and I finally had the chance to get one for a great price.

One thing I just noticed, there is another sticker below the top one. I pulled off the bottom to reveal the true number VN103133575. It may have been a refurbished unit. Sears must have been forced shipped these systems to get rid of them. I threw my box away years ago, I now wonder what number was on the box.